1. Selecting a Different Catalog

There may be more than one catalog available from the
College of Southern Maryland system e-catalog Gateway at a time.
If there is more than one, you will see a dropdown box toward the top of the page with the name
of the current catalog. Clicking the dropdown box provides
access to other available catalogs. Selecting an alternate
catalog will load it into the Gateway.
If you do not see the dropdown box, then only a single catalog is currently published.

You may add information from any of the available
catalogs to your own personal
My Catalog. See below to learn more about Using the
My Catalog Feature.

2. Searching the Catalog

The Catalog Search (shown at the top of the navigation) allows quick retrieval of catalog content that matches your interests.

To use the Catalog Search, simply enter a search keyword or phrase and press ENTER. The search will find any matching content in the catalog including courses, programs, school/colleges, departments or other narrative content.

2.1. Search Options

Search options are available by clicking on the Advanced Search link below the regular search form or by clicking the Modify Search Options link after performing a search. The search options offer more precise searching of the catalog content.

To limit your search to only specific types of catalog content, check only the checkboxes for content categories you wish to include in your search.

Check the "Whole Word/Phrase" check box to search for an exact match for a keyword or phrase. For instance, entering "bio" will only return hits in which the term "bio" stands alone; it will not return any instances of the term "biology". The same is true if you enter a phrase.

Click "Show Prefix List" to display a list of all course prefixes available in the catalog. You may enter a keyword phrase that includes a course prefix and code (like "ENG 101") to better locate a specific course. The closest available matches will be returned first.

Click the Search button to perform the search.

3. Browsing the Catalog

You may easily browse through the catalogs by using the different navigation
links on the left side of the page. Each catalog may have its own distinct
set of navigation links.

Some links may display pages about the catalog or other
related information. Other links may display listings of
courses or
programs within the catalog. These navigation links may display other information
that is broken down by various methods such as by
school/colleges,
by
departments,
or by
program,
or
course types.

Some pages may show "Go to Information..."
links following a school/college or
department which, when clicked, will display more information about that
school/college or
department.

Course and
program titles are almost always shown as links. Clicking on a course title will display course information below the course title about the
course and a link to Add to
My Catalog (course information may be shown in a pop up window if you have an older browser). Clicking on a program title will display all the related information for the
program as well as the Add
program to
My Catalog link.

Clicking on the Add to
My Catalog link will add information to your
My Catalog for later retrieval. See below to learn more about Using
the
My Catalog Feature.

FlashPoint™ Links

Some
school/colleges, departments, programs, and courses may have FlashPoint Links associated with them that may be a text
link or a click-able graphic. These FlashPoint Links are links to
an additional digital resource. The digital resource may be another web
page, a text document, audio, video, or many other types of media and
may require a special browser plug-in.

To view a FlashPoint Link, simply click on it. All FlashPoint
Links will be displayed in a new pop up window.

3.1. Printing Pages of the Catalog

To print a page click the print link. The "Print Friendly" version will open up with
just the content of the page in it (no navigation or header). If you click the print link on a
"Print Friendly" page the browser will popup with the print dialog allowing you to print that page.

Problems with Gateway Print Links

If your browser does not support the print link you may need to use the operating
system or web browser's built in print functions instead.

4. Using the
My Catalog Feature

You may add items to your own personal
My Catalog as you browse through the online catalogs. The
My Catalog feature
will retain a list of
courses, programs,
pages, divisions and saved searches that you have found interesting and wish to save for future visits to
the online College of Southern Maryland catalogs.

To add items click the Add to
My Cataloglink or star icon next to the item in which you are interested.
This will open a new popup window that displays all items
currently in your My Catalog.

You may remove items from your My Catalog by selecting the checkboxes next to them and clicking the Remove
button.

Note: Items
suffixed with the text [From Previous Catalog]
are from older, outdated catalogs that are no longer available. You will
need to search within newer catalogs to find alternative
information to replace them.

The
My Catalog feature
is based on an account system. You must sign up in order to
permanently store items in the
My Catalog feature.

The
My Catalog feature
will store your favorite items
using a combination of temporary and permanent storage in a database.
This method requires that you register an account and login to permanently
save information in the
My Catalog. Items
are still stored temporarily in the database until you login to your
My Catalog.
Once you login, any temporary information will be saved into your account
for permanent storage.

4.2. Login and Logout of the My Catalog Feature

If you have forgotten your password, just enter your e-mail address and
click the Reset Password button.
An email will be sent to the email address you used to sign up for your My Catalog account with a link that will enable you to reset your password.

To logout, simply view your
My Catalog and click the Logout link at top right.

4.3. Edit Your My Catalog Profile

To edit your
My Catalog account information, login to your
My Catalog account and click on the Edit Profile
link at the top right of the
My Catalog feature.

You may change your account login by entering a new e-mail address and
clicking the Send button.

To change your password, click on the Change
Password link. A pop up window will prompt you for a new password.
Enter a new password and confirmation and click the Reset
button. When you are finished, you may close the pop up window.